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March 27, 2017Matt Ertle, Owner and Strategic-Partner of PrideStaff’s Bend office, is proud to announce that his office is one of only three in the nation to receive the 5 Star Award for performance in 2016 from PrideStaff, Inc., a national, franchised staffing organization. This distinguished award, presented at the PrideStaff Annual Conference in Tampa, FL recognizes [...]
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March 27, 2017Employers aren’t the only ones who should be asking questions during job interviews. As a candidate, your questions are just as important – and in fact, recruiters and hiring managers expect you to raise them. Asking thought-provoking questions demonstrates your knowledge of the company and the role, as well as your level of interest in [...]
Read MoreMarch 24, 2017Every company is composed of employees with very different personality types. In many ways, this is fantastic, because it takes a diverse group of people to help a company achieve success and maintain it. However, this can also be problematic, because certain types of people are seemingly born to clash. PrideStaff Las Vegas — one [...]
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March 22, 2017Are you a micromanager? Knowing how much supervision to give can be difficult: too little, and people could become lost and unproductive; too much, and you could end up with freaked-out, demoralized employees. Despite good intentions, micromanagers ultimately hurt their business as their supervisory style results in low morale, wasted time and often, high turnover. [...]
Read MoreMarch 22, 2017Your company runs on processes, so if even one isn’t functioning as intended, it’s having a negative impact on your performance. Regularly conducting audits to see what’s working and what’s not isn’t just a good idea — it’s essential. There’s no way to fix a glitch in the system if you don’t even know it [...]
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March 20, 2017Should you implement a company wellness program? Is it worth the planning, time and investment? The answer is a resounding “yes” – because it’s both the right thing and the smart thing to do. Healthy employees result in a healthy business. To cite one example, Johnson & Johnson employees are given incentives to complete a [...]
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March 19, 2017If you want to prove yourself a great leader, you need inspired “followers.” As someone in a position of leadership in your company, you want to present yourself to your employees as someone they want to work for and put forth their best efforts. Great leaders know how to accomplish this and gain both the [...]
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March 15, 2017Approximately 50 million Americans contribute to March Madness pools at work. This level of participation is estimated to cost employers more than $1.9 billion in lost productivity. It may be tempting to bar all March Madness-related activities in your workplace, but … bah humbug! Experts agree this will not only hurt your reputation as a [...]
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March 13, 2017Is it time for a career pivot? If you’re considering a change in careers, good for you! You should never let yourself get bogged down into thinking you have only one professional path in life. While you don’t want your chosen field to be a moving target or “flavor of the month,” a carefully strategized [...]
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March 9, 2017In a world where we feel constantly connected, this sometimes leads to our work bleeding into our personal lives so we don’t know where one ends and the other begins. More and more it has meant that those of us who technically work Monday through Friday have started using the weekend to work, as well. [...]
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